Musical Self-Analysis

I was looking at the Recently Played list onmy iPod and I started to wonder what the songs I listen to say about me. So, let's take a look at the ten songs (because ten is such a nice round number) I've most recently listened to:

1) Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn, and John
2) Very Loud by Shout Out Louds
3) Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez
4) When Did Your Heart Go Missing by Rooney
5) Stolen by Dashboard Confessional
6) Boe by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
7) Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
8) American Girl by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
9) Maybe Katie by Barenaked Ladies
10) Eyes by Rogue Wave

So, what information can I gleen from this list? Well, numbers one through three speak to a recent fascination with Sweedish indie bands that goes back to an episode of Studio 360 from a few month back. Very Loud was also featured in ads for "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist," a movie that I missed when it was in theaters, but that I very much want to see.

I have an embarassing admission to go along with number four. I, of my own volition, watched "Nancy Drew". And I don't mean just had it on in the background, I actually sat there and watched the thing. For those that are unaware, I'm not, in fact, a twelve year-old girl, yet I still sat there paying attention to this entire movie. As a mitigating factor, I did watch it on TV (going to a theater for it would have just been wierd). The movie ends, the credits start to roll and this song starts playing. It's catchy and the lyrics are slightly inappropriate for a kids movie, and so I make it a point to track it down.

Number six on the list tells us that I'm a gigantic nerd. But then we all already knew that, didn't we? It's a bit of score from Doctor Who, played most notably at the end of the thrid season finale.

Number seven is, of course, the Oscar-winning song from the movie "Once". I've mentioned before how fond I am of this song, so all I'll add is that I highly recommend the movie to everyone. The fact that I still have the song in heavy rotation over a year later perhaps speaks to my obsessive nature.

I feel like I've been programmed to like number ten; it's appeared on so many TV shows that I've watched in the last couple of years. I guess that means I'm highly impressionable.